Grand Circuit
When you want all of it. Every pass, every lake, every road.
Overview
The complete Manali-Leh-Nubra-Pangong-Tso Moriri circuit, beginning and ending at Jispa. Through five high passes, two desert valleys, three significant lakes, and more monasteries than you can count. The grand lap of Ladakh.
Day by Day
Via Baralacha La, Gata Loops, Tanglang La. Overnight at Sarchu. Arrive Leh, rest, acclimatize.
Obtain Inner Line Permits. Leh Palace, Shanti Stupa, Sangam, Hall of Fame.
Via Khardung La. Hunder dunes. Camel safari.
Diskit Monastery, Panamik hot springs.
Via Shyok Valley. Watch sunset on the lake.
Via Chang La, Hemis, Thiksey.
Via Chumathang hot springs. The undiscovered answer to Pangong — fewer crowds, deeper silence.
Salt lake stop en route back.
Return. Rest.
Key Highlights
Be Prepared
June to September. All passes typically open by mid-June.
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